Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Translate, "An adversary (the abruptness produces a startling effect)! and that too, from every side of the land." So in the fulfilment, II Kings 17:5 : "The king of Assyria (Shalmaneser) came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years."
bring down thy strength from thee—that is, bring thee down from thy strength (the strength on which thou didst boast thyself): all thy resources (Proverbs 10:15).
palaces shall be spoiled—a just retribution in kind (Amos 3:10). The palaces in which spoils of robbery were stored up, "shall be spoiled."
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Amos 3:11:
Amos 3:1
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